Doing an Indira Gandhi?

by confuzzled dude Sun May 24, 2015 10:14 am

For all his talk of cooperative federalism and periodic reminders about the Emergency, Modi’s disdain for, and hostility toward Kejriwal mirrors that of Indira Gandhi for Opposition chief ministers.

Modi’s own psychology is revealed in his exceptional treatment of Kejriwal among all the chief ministers. For a person who hadn’t lost an election since the Gujarat Assembly election of 2002, and after winning a decisive majority in the Lok Sabha for the first time in 30 years, the loss in Delhi must have been a cruel cut. Indeed, the Delhi debacle did shatter the aura of invincibility Modi enjoyed – and diminished him to an extent.

The Delhi defeat also challenged Modi’s idea of power. He doesn’t, as seen over the last one year, perceive himself as first among equals, but a veritable giant among pygmies. This perception of his self extends beyond his party. He thinks of himself as the Chosen One, anointed by fate to change the country’s destiny.

In this sense, the Delhi debacle is rude contradiction to his exaggerated perception of the self. A chappan chhati defeated by a puny man, an alpha male bested by a person with a persistent cough, a political hawk vanquished by a fledgling. Modi must recover his loss of esteem. But there is no electoral contest around the corner where he can fight and triumph over Kejriwal.

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/doing-an-indira-gandhi-jung-is-a-front-for-pm-modis-proxy-war-with-kejriwal-2259794.html

by Vakavaka Pakapaka Sun May 24, 2015 12:18 pm

Modi? What did he do in Delhi?

It is Kraziwalla who doesn't get along with people - Yogendar Yadav, Prashant Bhushan, Shazia Ilmi, Ashwini Upadhyaya, Captain Gopinath, Ashok Agarwal, Madhu Bhaduri, Maqsood Ali Kazmi, etc., etc., and doesn't really know how to govern.

Indira Gandui was a megalomaniac. Her guru was Stalin. Soonya is a fascist. Her guru is Mussolini. Pappu is, as Gadkari calls him, a Bechara Dukhi Bandu. LOL.

by Merlot Daruwala Sun May 24, 2015 1:56 pm

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:Indira Gandui was a megalomaniac. Her guru was Stalin.

And Modi is of course a humble servant of the public, the epitome of democratic tradition, a mere first among equals in a very collegial cabinet. A true Pradhan Sevak indeed!

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